Good Morning Family!
In 2001, many of us remember exactly where we were when we heard that our country had been attacked and we saw those planes going into buildings and the heroes on flight 93 go down in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. This past Friday marked 25 years since that horrific day as we saw the best in America’s citizens and first responders. I trust we all took some time to reflect on our love for country and to pray for the families of those we lost that day and in the following months of combat. For many of us in our generation, that day is etched in memory as much as December 7th is carved into the memory of our brave predecessors from the WWII generation and their children.
I am leaving the following information in my letter to be reprinted each week during September…
September 2026 offers us an opportunity to see what God wants to do through us in relation to the clearing of the land. So, we already had gathered funding for the deposit that has been paid to the excavating company doing the work on our new land with which the Lord blessed us. And as you can see, great progress is being made already! The balance will be close to or around $50,000 payable at the end of the job which should be completed from late September to early October.
We have been blessed in that the Lord has provided a person willing to be a benefactor to help us in this endeavor, so as to avoid dealings with banks. This person is asking us as a church family to collect what we can during the month of September toward the balance due and at the end, they will generously match what we have collected up to $25,000 which will double our dollars. Then, anything that might remain, after they donate their matching funds as well, will be financed to the church at zero interest.
This is an unexpected blessing and opportunity for the church family. We will be collecting toward this effort during September. So, any gifts toward it should be clearly designated #60-Land Development Fund. As you would expect, all gifts toward this from our church family should be above our normal giving as we do not want our regular budget items to be hindered in this extra fund-raising time. God is so good!
As always, my prayer is that we would all, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.” II Timothy 2:15
Humbly Yours,
Dr. Steven Gann
Your Shepherd of the Hills
